Young Masters Art Prize Exhibition Unveiled In London’s St James
The shortlist for the Young Masters Art Prize has selected eighteen artists from across the globe.
19 June 2017
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Vibrant Camberwell Arts Festival 2017 Launches This Weekend
Now in its 23rd year, the Camberwell Arts Festival has grown out of and celebrates the vibrant artistic community in Camberwell. It… Read More
8 June 2017
Art Basel Plus Satellite Fair Guide 2017 What To See
Art Basel 2017 is a curated selection of 291 first-rate galleries exhibiting at the fair’s 48th edition in Basel. The gallery list for the Swiss event, taking place from June 15 to June 18, 2017, is a corker.
7 June 2017
Museum of Transology Launched To Celebrate Brighton’s LGBTQ Residents
This summer Brighton Museum launches Be Bold, a series of collaborative events and exhibitions funded by Arts Council England and programmed in partnership with Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ communities. The exhibitions aim to reflect the experiences of the city’s LGBTQ residents and begin with the acclaimed Museum of Transology.
7 June 2017
Jamaican Art – Intuitive Outsiders But With That Old Time Religion
Jamaican art has never been as experimental as that to be found in – say – Cuba, its neighboring island in the Greater Antilles. Cuban art reached out to the Modernist Movement almost as soon as it began. And Cuba has always had links to what was going on in the mainland nations of Latin America. Art in Jamaica, linked to the UK, remained consistently more conservative.
6 June 2017
Dan Colen Solo Exhibition Announced For Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery
The American artist Dan Colen (b.1979), will be presented in a focused exhibition opening in October 2017 at the Newport… Read More
6 June 2017
Canadian British Artist Zev Robinson Brings Taste To Art And Film
Food has long been the subject of both painting and film, conveying the sensuality of its shape, taste memory, and the understanding of its role in our lives.
3 June 2017
Yorkshire Sculpture Park Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Monumental Summer Events
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year with A Weekend of Wonderful Things 14–16 July 2017. Events include; A Weekend of Wonderful Things. On 14 to 16 July 2017, from dawn until dusk, visitors can encounter everything that is wonderful about YSP with a range of special events and experiences.
31 May 2017
Tate Announces Blockbuster Line-up For 2018 But is It Too Safe?
Tate has announced its 2018 programme which covers all four venues. The forthcoming shows include exhibitions of work by ground-breaking figures in painting, performance, textiles, film and photography.
26 May 2017
Wayne Thiebaud Proto-Pop Survey Exhibition Opens At White Cube London
The American artist Wayne Thiebaud has always had the capacity to create serial images that make us think of the likeness between art and life.
24 May 2017
Terrence Ffyffe Cosmic Whirling Dynamic Abstract Paintings St Stephen Walbrook
Every now and then even a hardened old lag in the art business – yes, folks, I mean me – gets a nice surprise. Last month an artist I’ve known for quite a long time -Terence Ffyffe, aka Terry Ffyffe – asked me to come and look at a new series of paintings.
20 May 2017
Photo London 2017 Everything You Need To Know About The Fair
Photo London opens their third edition to the public this week. The fair was created to give London an international photography event befitting the city’s status as a global cultural capital. Founded in 2015, it has already established itself as a world-class photography Fair and as a catalyst for London’s dynamic photography community.
16 May 2017
Philip Guston Nixon Drawings Revisited In The Age Of Trump – Hauser & Wirth
An exhibition of work by the American painter ‘Philip Guston titled Laughter in the Dark, Drawings from 1971 & 1975’, at Hauser & Wirth London opens this week.
15 May 2017
Andrew Logan Sculpture Exhibited In Former Home Of Sir Francis Drake
An exhibition of contemporary art by the renowned sculptor Andrew Logan will open in July at the National Trust’s Buckland Abbey in Devon.
6 May 2017
Artist Iyvone Khoo Creates Immersive Infinity Cube Installation For Birch Aquarium
Infinity Cube a new immersive exhibition exploring the magical and natural phenomenon of bioluminescence – when marine organisms emit light – opens at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
6 May 2017
Early Chinese Buddhist Art from Dunhuang Cave Recreated In London
Dunhuang, an oasis on the ancient Silk Road in northern China, is known for its caves containing some of the world’s finest examples of Buddhist art, created over a period of 1000 years. Millions visit this UNESCO world heritage site each year.
2 May 2017
Amanda Levete To Unveil V&A’s Largest Architectural Intervention For 100 Years
V&A’s Exhibition Road Quarter designed by the Stirling Prize-winning British architect Amanda Levete and her practice AL_A unveiled
2 May 2017
Marguerite Horner Explores Humanity When People Are Faced With Trauma
Marguerite Horner is a doer! She is one of the more active painters on the London art scene today.
30 April 2017
Super Gallery: Thaddaeus Ropac Opens New Mega Mayfair Space
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac opens their third mega gallery in London on Friday 28 April 2017. The new London gallery is… Read More
26 April 2017
Hauser & Wirth Launch Wearable Art Commissioned From Fifteen Well Known Artists
Hauser & Wirth New York have opened a new exhibition of wearable art objects commissioned from fifteen well-known artists.
25 April 2017
John Minton From Wartime To Battles With His Own Sexuality
The British artist John Minton (1917 – 1957), is explored in a major new exhibition at Pallant House marking the centenary of his birth and 60 years since his death. It explores the artist’s achievements far beyond his reputation as a leading illustrator and influential teacher.
24 April 2017
Syrian Born Artist Sara Shamma Exhibits In Dubai
Sara Shamma, currently exhibiting in Dubai, is an artist with a remarkable history, indicative of the tumultuous times we now live in.
22 April 2017
Sidney Nolan Centenary Marked With Exhibition Of Unseen Works
Unseen works by the artist Sidney Nolan from his own private collection will go on public display for the first time in an exhibition at the Australian High Commission, London.
22 April 2017
Raqib Shaw Unveils Planned Summer Exhibition At The Whitworth
Raqib Shaw’s exotic Kashmir inspired paintings are to be exhibited at the Whitworth in Manchester. Sumptuous textiles, wallpaper and renaissance drawings from The Whitworth collection will create a key exhibition this summer.
11 April 2017
Nine Female Artists To Showcase Work At Hix CNB Gallery
Shoreditch’s CNB Gallery is presenting a Brains & Lip Takeover, showcasing the work of nine female artists, a group show curated by Alice Steffen and Claire Orme.
11 April 2017
SP-Arte International Art Festival Unveils Edition 13 In Sao Paulo
São Paulo International Art Festival, SP-Arte is a biannual exhibition now in its13th edition which closes tomorrow. The event promotes a citywide programme that includes museums, galleries and cultural spaces, consolidating a dynamic platform for cultural and artistic exchanges between curators, collectors, artists, galleries, works and admirers of art and design.
8 April 2017
Vanya Balogh Curates Immersive Film Hub Satellite Project For 57th Venice Biennale
Empire II is an artist-led satellite project devised and curated by London curator/artist Vanya Balogh for 57th La Biennale di Venezia.
6 April 2017
Giacomo Balla: Major New Futurism Exhibition Opens At The Estorick Collection
London’s Estorick Collection is presenting a major new exhibition of work by Giacomo Balla (1871-1958).
5 April 2017
Marlene Dumas Exhibits Oscar Wilde And Lover Bosie Portraits At NPG
Contemporary artist Marlene Dumas (b.1953) displays portraits of Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), also known as ‘Bosie,’ painted last year and exhibited in Artangel’s ambitious exhibition at Reading Gaol, Wilde’s place of incarceration.
4 April 2017
Is Geraldine Swayne The Best Portrait Painter In Britain Today?
An exhibition of paintings by the British artist Geraldine Swayne featuring a number of new works has gone on view at The Fine Art Society. The title of the show, ‘Silvering’, refers to Swayne’s use of silver and gold grounds and aluminium and copper surfaces, reflecting the artist’s interest in the surface quality and material value of her work.
28 March 2017
Chris Ofili To Unveil New Tapestry At London’s National Gallery
The National Gallery will unveil a new tapestry by the Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili. Titled the Caged Bird’s Song, the exhibition marks the first time the artist has worked in the medium of tapestry and will include a series of preparatory works on paper in an installation conceived by the artist for the Gallery’s Sunley Room.
24 March 2017
Anish Kapoor: New Sculptures Burst Forward Into Outer Space
Anish Kapoor has announced a major new gallery exhibition of work at Lisson in London. The exhibition unveils a new… Read More
23 March 2017